Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2020 · Assigned by mozilla

CVE-2020-12419

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

When processing callbacks that occurred during window flushing in the parent process, the associated window may die; causing a use-after-free condition. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20firefox78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.21firefox78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.22firefox78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.23firefox78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.20firefox-esr68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.21firefox-esr68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.22firefox-esr68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.23firefox-esr68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.21librewolf78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.22librewolf78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.23librewolf78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.24librewolf78.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.20thunderbird68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.21thunderbird68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.22thunderbird68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Alpine:v3.23thunderbird68.10.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:12firefox-esr68.10.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:13firefox-esr68.10.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:14firefox-esr68.10.0esr-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:12thunderbird1:68.10.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:13thunderbird1:68.10.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419
Debian:14thunderbird1:68.10.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12419

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – before 68.10
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – before 78
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – before 68.10.0

References